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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar (side A); palmette and lotus flower (remains, chain, double) on collar (side B); palmette (alternating, frieze) on shoulder; tongues (remains) on belly (side A); departure in chariot; woman (?, remains, chiton, himation, holding, reins, riding, on); quadriga (remains, horse, 4); in the background; woman (?, remains, chiton); in the field; branch (of point) on belly (side B); woman (remains, headband, chiton, himation); figure (remains: foot, 2) under handle; plant motif (remains, crosspiece, palmette, 4, lotus flower, 3) on belly (at the bottom); lotus flower and bud (frieze); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the handle BA; a large part of the neck and the belly are redone in plaster; glued back together; chips (mouthpiece, foot, handle)

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities is home to a collection of artworks representing the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations; it illustrates the art of a vast area encompassing Greece, Italy, and the whole of the Mediterranean basin, and spans the period from Neolithic times (4th millennium BC) to the 6th century AD.